In January–June 2016 volume of trades on KASE increased by 3.1 % and made up KZT49.2 trln ($142.3 bn)

/KASE, July 5, 2016/ – In January–June 2016 the volume of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT49,234.2 bn (equivalent of USD142,326.2 mln) and increased by 3.1 % against the similar 2015 period (decreased by 44.8 % in dollar terms). In comparison with the previous six-month period (July–December 2015) the trade volume increased by 11.3 % (decreased by 17.1 % in dollar terms). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) in the first six months of 2016 by market sector and comparative data of the same period of 2015. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I–VI, 2016 I–VI, 2015 Trend --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- -------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- -------- bn KZT --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- -------- Foreign currency 19,326.3 39.3 36,335.4 76.1 -17009.1 -46.8 including: spot-market 5,424.3 11.0 5,162.8 10.8 +261.5 +5.1 swap-market 13,902.1 28.2 31,172.7 65.3 -17270.6 -55.4 Kazakhstan GS 334.0 0.7 290.6 0.6 +43.4 +14.9 including: primary market 181.7 0.4 289.6 0.6 -107.9 -37.3 secondary market 152.3 0.3 1.0 <0.1 +151.3 +14951.0 Shares autorepo on GS 85,150.6 59.8 57,240.5 22.2 +27910.1 +48.8 "nego" repo on CS 15.1 <0.1 3.3 <0.1 +11.7 +352.5 autorepo on CS 219.3 0.2 111.5 <0.1 +107.8 +96.7 Investment funds securities 1.4 <0.,1 0 0 +1.4 X Futures <0.1 <0.1 0 0 <+0.1 X --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- -------- Total trades volume 142,326.2 100.0 257,988.6 100.0 -115662.4 -44.8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes to table: GS – government serial securities; UIT – Unit Investment Fund, CS – corporate serial securities; corporate debt CS – corporate serial debt securities; "nego" repo – repo transactions carried out by "direct" method (with conclusion of direct opening and closing repo deals); auto repo – repo transactions carried out automatically; 'n/t' – no trade held. Trade volume is calculated on all executed exchange deals, concluded by any possible KASE trade method. [2016-07-05]